Transitive verb patterns to quote (Rockefeller said that)

Past tense (Carnegie was a baron of industry.)

Formal Standard Written English

Adverbial Clauses to incorporate additional knowledge (When he rose up from poverty, Carnegie felt that)

Third person (No use of I or you)

DBQ
Subordinating Clauses to add nuance (After the 1880s, the government) Appositives to incorporate additional knowledge (Carnegie, the industrialist, rose up from poverty.) Linking verb patterns to explain content (The Federal Government was happy to promote) Parenthetical Citations (GDP grew 4% in 1880 (Document A).) Qualifiers to argue extent (In the 1880s, industry grew very steadily.